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#234716 - 23/09/2004 17:02 Moving on..
rob
carpal tunnel

Registered: 21/05/1999
Posts: 5335
Loc: Cambridge UK
Hi folks

After six years with the cool team in Cambridge, tomorrow is my last day with Rio. I am moving on to work in professional audio, where the products have more knobs, the launch parties are more debauched and the salaries are astronomical (well, two out of three ain't bad).

Leaving empeg isn't easy (I'll have to check which counseller rehabilitated Roger) but with my trusty car player by my side it will be a whole new experience to join the ranks of the empeg outsiders. Now I too well be able to moan loudly until those lazy gits release the next v3 alpha.

Rob

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#234717 - 23/09/2004 17:05 Re: Moving on.. [Re: rob]
pgrzelak
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Registered: 15/08/2000
Posts: 4859
Loc: New Jersey, USA
Congratulations on the new gig! I hope everything goes well for you. I assume you will still be around the board, even if not in any official DNNA/SonicBlue/Rio/Empeg capactity. All the best, of course.
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#234718 - 23/09/2004 17:11 Re: Moving on.. [Re: rob]
robricc
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Registered: 30/10/2000
Posts: 4931
Loc: New Jersey, USA
Good luck at your new job Rob. Don't be a stranger.
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#234719 - 23/09/2004 17:14 Re: Moving on.. [Re: rob]
Ezekiel
pooh-bah

Registered: 25/08/2000
Posts: 2413
Loc: NH USA
Does this mean the purple suit and tophat are being retired and put up in the empeg trophy case?

You're a good man, Rob Voisey. Best of luck!

-Zeke

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#234720 - 23/09/2004 17:24 Re: Moving on.. [Re: Ezekiel]
JBjorgen
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Registered: 19/01/2002
Posts: 3583
Loc: Columbus, OH
We're losing all our advocates on the inside!

Best of luck Rob!
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#234721 - 23/09/2004 17:50 Re: Moving on.. [Re: rob]
jmwking
old hand

Registered: 27/02/2003
Posts: 770
Loc: Washington, DC metro
You've been the face of empeg for me for so long it'll be odd not having you there, offering help and rumors.

Best of luck!

-jk

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#234722 - 23/09/2004 18:13 Re: Moving on.. [Re: jmwking]
loren
carpal tunnel

Registered: 23/08/2000
Posts: 3826
Loc: SLC, UT, USA
Gah! I hate change. heh. Good luck Rob... I'm sure you'll stay around here but be sure and keep us posted on what you're doing. Sounds like it'll be interesting stuff.
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#234723 - 23/09/2004 18:52 Re: Moving on.. [Re: rob]
SE_Sport_Driver
carpal tunnel

Registered: 05/01/2001
Posts: 4903
Loc: Detroit, MI USA
Wow! Congrats on the new job, pro audio isn't a bad place to go! I pray that you'll still hang out here - it wouldn't be the same without you!
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#234724 - 23/09/2004 18:52 Re: Moving on.. [Re: jmwking]
Dignan
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Registered: 08/03/2000
Posts: 12318
Loc: Sterling, VA
Quote:
You've been the face of empeg for me for so long it'll be odd not having you there

Same here. Best of luck, Rob!
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#234725 - 23/09/2004 19:11 Re: Moving on.. [Re: rob]
genixia
Carpal Tunnel

Registered: 08/02/2002
Posts: 3411
You can't leave - we didn't persuade you to give us the source code to the player yet!

Good luck in the Pro Audio business. Still with D&M?
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#234726 - 23/09/2004 19:40 Re: Moving on.. [Re: genixia]
jimhogan
carpal tunnel

Registered: 06/10/1999
Posts: 2591
Loc: Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Quote:
Still with D&M?


Yeah, yeah, gory details! I want to hear about all the debauchery stuff!
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#234727 - 23/09/2004 19:48 Re: Moving on.. [Re: rob]
Phoenix42
veteran

Registered: 21/03/2002
Posts: 1424
Loc: MA but Irish born
Sniff, sniff.

When is the going away party? And where do we send the beer & curry funds to?

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#234728 - 23/09/2004 19:53 Re: Moving on.. [Re: rob]
mlord
carpal tunnel

Registered: 29/08/2000
Posts: 14483
Loc: Canada
Oh sh*t! D*mn! [censored]!

You are missed already, Rob!

Cheers

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#234729 - 23/09/2004 20:34 Re: Moving on.. [Re: rob]
mcomb
pooh-bah

Registered: 31/08/1999
Posts: 1649
Loc: San Carlos, CA
Oh, wow. Congrats on the new gig. So long, and thanks for all the fish...

-Mike
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#234730 - 23/09/2004 20:55 Re: Moving on.. [Re: rob]
mschrag
pooh-bah

Registered: 09/09/2000
Posts: 2303
Loc: Richmond, VA
Congratulations Rob -- Keep in touch with all of us little people ...

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#234731 - 23/09/2004 21:06 Re: Moving on.. [Re: rob]
tonyc
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Registered: 27/06/1999
Posts: 7058
Loc: Pittsburgh, PA
Best wishes in your future endeavours, Rob... Though I trust that dealing with the rabid empeg community has prepared you for just about anything you might encounter.
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#234732 - 23/09/2004 21:09 Re: Moving on.. [Re: rob]
matthew_k
pooh-bah

Registered: 12/02/2002
Posts: 2298
Loc: Berkeley, California
Good luck on your new job. You'll be sorely missed in the community, I hope they've found someone half as competent to replace you.

The yearly bay area meets won't be the same without you.

Matthew

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#234733 - 23/09/2004 21:42 Re: Moving on.. [Re: rob]
Laura
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Registered: 16/06/2000
Posts: 1682
Loc: Greenhills, Ohio
Take care Rob and good luck to you.
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#234734 - 23/09/2004 23:44 Re: Moving on.. [Re: rob]
FireFox31
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Registered: 19/09/2002
Posts: 2494
Loc: East Coast, USA
Good luck out there Rob. We all appreciate everything that you've done over the years. And listen, I still owe you one big time, so don't loose touch. Talk to you again soon!
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#234735 - 24/09/2004 01:00 Re: Moving on.. [Re: rob]
JeffS
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Registered: 14/01/2002
Posts: 2858
Loc: Atlanta, GA
A sad day. It's hard to think of empeg without you, but good luck- I hope the new job is even more fulfilling than the last!
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Rome did not create a great empire by having meetings; they did it by killing all those who opposed them.

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#234736 - 24/09/2004 02:48 Re: Moving on.. [Re: rob]
JaBZ
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Registered: 08/08/2001
Posts: 452
Loc: NZ
Wow, Congrats Rob.. Good luck on the new job..
Sad to see you go.

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#234737 - 24/09/2004 04:09 Re: Moving on.. [Re: rob]
adavidw
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Registered: 10/11/2000
Posts: 497
Loc: Utah, USA
I'm at a loss for words, other than to say...

Whoa.


Fare thee well, Rob.
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#234738 - 24/09/2004 05:15 Re: Moving on.. [Re: rob]
Mach
old hand

Registered: 15/07/2002
Posts: 828
Loc: Texas, USA
Congrats and best of luck Rob. Thanks for all the help with the lenses and side projects. Keep in touch!

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#234739 - 24/09/2004 06:42 Re: Moving on.. [Re: rob]
rob
carpal tunnel

Registered: 21/05/1999
Posts: 5335
Loc: Cambridge UK
Thanks for all the good wishes. I'll let you know where I've gone when I start there in a few weeks, but be assured it isn't D&M. I will *of course* still be on the BBS (perhaps with time to actually post now!) and I'll make it to as many meets as I can. I'll have to talk to Roger about starting an empeg old boys association.

Rob

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#234740 - 24/09/2004 08:30 Re: Moving on.. [Re: rob]
Laura
pooh-bah

Registered: 16/06/2000
Posts: 1682
Loc: Greenhills, Ohio
Quote:
and I'll make it to as many meets as I can


Does that mean you might make it to the Cincinnati meet next year?
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MKI #017/90

whatever

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#234741 - 24/09/2004 14:11 Re: Moving on.. [Re: Laura]
tahir
pooh-bah

Registered: 27/02/2004
Posts: 1900
Loc: London
Rob

I don't know you, but I've followed empeg from the start (there was once a link on ARM's website to empeg's) I'd always followed the discussion both here and the receiver site and been amazed by the commitment of all the empeg guys (and tfabris) to the product and community. I'm glad to say I did eventually buy an empeg based product (Karma) and have never regretted it. Good luck in your future endeavours and may you carry the empeg attitude with you always.

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#234742 - 24/09/2004 15:08 Re: Moving on.. [Re: rob]
drakino
carpal tunnel

Registered: 08/06/1999
Posts: 7868
Rob, I do want to thank you for your help over the past 6 years now. Your dedication to empeg and the information you released here were one of the reasons I decided to trust an unknown UK company with thousands of my dollars. Had you not done what you did, I believe the empeg team would have been even more of an unknown dot on the radar, and not been picked up by Rio.

I'm also glad I have had the chance to meet you in person once, though oddly that came over on this side of the pond instead of at the Euro meet.

Good luck with the new job.

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#234743 - 24/09/2004 15:42 Re: Moving on.. [Re: rob]
DLF
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Registered: 24/07/2003
Posts: 500
Loc: Colorado, N.A.
The reason I joined the BBS originally was for the Karma-related info you were willing and able to provide, so I'm really going to miss that. On the other hand, that's what turned me on to the whole community, and for that I can never thank you enough anyway. Good luck in any and all of your new endeavours....
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#234744 - 24/09/2004 16:54 Re: Moving on.. [Re: rob]
andym
carpal tunnel

Registered: 17/01/2002
Posts: 3995
Loc: Manchester UK
Hope everything goes well in your new job, I hope it's just as fulfilling as empeg. Does this mean we'll start seeing linux powered amplifiers on the market soon?
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Andy M

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#234745 - 24/09/2004 17:28 Re: Moving on.. [Re: rob]
oliver
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Registered: 02/04/2002
Posts: 691
Congratulations on the new job. I guess if Hugo is the next one to give his 2 weeks notice, we'll be in a lot of trouble. Long live the Empeg Team!

Anyways, I’m hoping the pro car audio company you’re going to work for will take a liking to the empeg, and maybe even produce just the hardware for an empeg mk3 allowing the empeg guys to create the software.
Now that would be a killer twist
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#234746 - 24/09/2004 19:30 Re: Moving on.. [Re: rob]
wfaulk
carpal tunnel

Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
Happy trails!

Who, if anyone, will be taking over your position?
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#234747 - 24/09/2004 21:25 Re: Moving on.. [Re: oliver]
SE_Sport_Driver
carpal tunnel

Registered: 05/01/2001
Posts: 4903
Loc: Detroit, MI USA
Quote:
I’m hoping the pro car audio company you’re going to work for will take a liking to the empeg, and maybe even produce just the hardware for an empeg mk3


Who was it recently with empeg ties that said "Well, Rio/DNNA are highly unlikely to do one, but.... "
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#234748 - 24/09/2004 21:33 Re: Moving on.. [Re: SE_Sport_Driver]
tfabris
carpal tunnel

Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31575
Loc: Seattle, WA
I don't believe Mr. Voisey said "pro car audio". Someone made that assumption along the line. "Pro audio" can have a few meanings.
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#234749 - 24/09/2004 21:48 Re: Moving on.. [Re: tfabris]
SE_Sport_Driver
carpal tunnel

Registered: 05/01/2001
Posts: 4903
Loc: Detroit, MI USA
True, true. Live sound and recording studio equipment come to mind.
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#234750 - 24/09/2004 22:11 Re: Moving on.. [Re: SE_Sport_Driver]
pgrzelak
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Registered: 15/08/2000
Posts: 4859
Loc: New Jersey, USA
Agreed. Especially with debauchery at launch parties...
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#234751 - 24/09/2004 22:52 Re: Moving on.. [Re: rob]
jbauer
veteran

Registered: 08/05/2000
Posts: 1429
Loc: San Francisco, CA
Wow! Rob, you better not be a stranger! Congrats on the new gig!

- Jon

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#234752 - 24/09/2004 23:08 Re: Moving on.. [Re: pgrzelak]
mschrag
pooh-bah

Registered: 09/09/2000
Posts: 2303
Loc: Richmond, VA
Maybe he's the new front man for a metal band? That would definitely explain the debauchery ... Perhaps Winger is going to do a tour of Japan? Or he's the new guitarist for David Hasselhoff on a hot new German tour? Just a guess ... I could be wrong

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#234753 - 24/09/2004 23:10 Re: Moving on.. [Re: mschrag]
tman
carpal tunnel

Registered: 24/12/2001
Posts: 5528
Speaking about David Hasselhoff, he was singing in the West End production of Chicago a while ago. Not sure if he's still there...

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#234754 - 25/09/2004 01:55 Re: Moving on.. [Re: tman]
wfaulk
carpal tunnel

Registered: 25/12/2000
Posts: 16706
Loc: Raleigh, NC US
This just goes to prove my theory: Germans love David Hasslehoff.
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#234755 - 25/09/2004 04:05 Re: Moving on.. [Re: rob]
msaeger
carpal tunnel

Registered: 23/09/2000
Posts: 3608
Loc: Minnetonka, MN
Congrats and good luck. So there's like two of the original empeg people left now ?


Maybe he is going to be a roadie for winger
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#234756 - 25/09/2004 04:34 Re: Moving on.. [Re: rob]
boxer
pooh-bah

Registered: 16/04/2002
Posts: 2011
Loc: Yorkshire UK
Quote:
empeg old boys

Oi...I'm the only Empeg old boy!
Can I design the tie and blazer badge!
All the best in the new job, if you tackle their business with the enthusiasm that you've tackled Empeg/Rio's: They're cooking on gas!
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#234757 - 25/09/2004 16:04 Re: Moving on.. [Re: boxer]
tfabris
carpal tunnel

Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31575
Loc: Seattle, WA
Quote:
Oi...I'm the only Empeg old boy!


No, we've got two. You and Doug "tanstaafl." Burnside.
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#234758 - 25/09/2004 18:23 Re: Moving on.. [Re: rob]
schofiel
carpal tunnel

Registered: 25/06/1999
Posts: 2993
Loc: Wareham, Dorset, UK
Well, I don't know about an "Old Boys" association: what about calling it "Empeg Outside"?
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#234759 - 26/09/2004 20:26 Re: Moving on.. [Re: msaeger]
peter
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Registered: 13/07/2000
Posts: 4173
Loc: Cambridge, England
Quote:
Congrats and good luck. So there's like two of the original empeg people left now ?

Hugo's original. Mike is a little bit less original. John is less original still. Toby was an original (and orogenic) bit on the side, though wasn't full-time until rather later. I'm not very original at all, but still original enough to have worked for the real Empeg and not Sonicblue.

Peter

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#234760 - 27/09/2004 06:02 Re: Moving on.. [Re: wfaulk]
rob
carpal tunnel

Registered: 21/05/1999
Posts: 5335
Loc: Cambridge UK
Quote:
Happy trails!

Who, if anyone, will be taking over your position?


Michael Grange is taking over as manager at Cambridge - he joined the team a few months ago.

Rob

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#234761 - 27/09/2004 08:32 Re: Moving on.. [Re: rob]
BartDG
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Registered: 20/05/2001
Posts: 2616
Loc: Bruges, Belgium
Hey ! I go off for a holiday for a week and something like this happens! I sure hope this won't get to be a regular thing with my holidays, or I' swear I'll never go on holiday again !!

Seriously, though I'm a bit sad to see you go (after all, it was you who made me buy my first Empeg), I do realise things can't remain the same for ever.

Best of luck to you Rob, and congrats on the new job !!
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#234762 - 27/09/2004 09:59 Re: Moving on.. [Re: rob]
genixia
Carpal Tunnel

Registered: 08/02/2002
Posts: 3411
Is that your first post as an outsider? Welcome!
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#234763 - 28/09/2004 09:48 Re: Moving on.. [Re: rob]
Half_Geek
member

Registered: 03/12/2002
Posts: 119
Loc: Stratdord-upon-Avon, UK
Shame to hear that! Good luck in wherever you are going.

Thanks for all the help on various things in the past. Always appreciated.

Nick

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#234764 - 28/09/2004 11:52 Re: Moving on.. [Re: tfabris]
boxer
pooh-bah

Registered: 16/04/2002
Posts: 2011
Loc: Yorkshire UK
Quote:
You and Doug "tanstaafl." Burnside

I had this out in PM's with Doug some time back and concluded that I was about half a zimmer frame nearer the tape!
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#234765 - 28/09/2004 11:54 Re: Moving on.. [Re: schofiel]
boxer
pooh-bah

Registered: 16/04/2002
Posts: 2011
Loc: Yorkshire UK
Quote:
Well, I don't know about an "Old Boys" association: what about calling it "Empeg Outside"?

Or "Empeg Outsize" in my case.
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#234766 - 29/09/2004 02:17 Re: Moving on.. [Re: rob]
jimhogan
carpal tunnel

Registered: 06/10/1999
Posts: 2591
Loc: Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Quote:
Michael Grange is taking over as manager at Cambridge - he joined the team a few months ago.


Just how depraved is this Michael? I mean....CAN HE DO THE JOB????

Umm, Rob, seriously, all of my jokes about debauchery aside...I can remember some times years ago when many BBS denizens new and old asked zillions of challenging questions ("How come Empegs aren't free?.... like beer?" comes to mind) and you responded with patience, thoughtful deliberation, class, and just enough of the rapier to make some of us go "Good shot, Rob! I do believe you have killed him!".

Anyhow, I am not quite sure how this Michael chap can be expected to take your place.

Sniff.
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#234767 - 29/09/2004 11:40 Re: Moving on.. [Re: jimhogan]
peter
carpal tunnel

Registered: 13/07/2000
Posts: 4173
Loc: Cambridge, England
Quote:
Umm, Rob, seriously, all of my jokes about debauchery aside...I can remember some times years ago when many BBS denizens new and old asked zillions of challenging questions ("How come Empegs aren't free?.... like beer?" comes to mind) and you responded with patience, thoughtful deliberation, class, and just enough of the rapier to make some of us go "Good shot, Rob! I do believe you have killed him!".

Anyhow, I am not quite sure how this Michael chap can be expected to take your place.

Michael's a software manager. Although of course he'd be very welcome here, I can't see him spending a lot of time hanging out on forums for a product EOL'd three years ago: he's got other fish to fry. Hopefully Rio is big enough these days that we don't actually need our software manager to also be QA, beta co-ordination, customer liaison, and all the other huge number of things Rob did back in the Empeg days.

Peter

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#234768 - 29/10/2004 21:28 Re: Moving on.. [Re: rob]
rob
carpal tunnel

Registered: 21/05/1999
Posts: 5335
Loc: Cambridge UK
Quote:
Thanks for all the good wishes. I'll let you know where I've gone when I start there in a few weeks, but be assured it isn't D&M.


The garden leave is over, and Monday I start my new role as Leader of Engineering for the new Akai Digital Technology Group. Akai Professional was recently acquired by my new boss, who also owns Numark and Alesis. My group will be involved in all sorts of interesting pro audio and video projects.

Rob

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#234769 - 29/10/2004 22:05 Re: Moving on.. [Re: rob]
robricc
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Registered: 30/10/2000
Posts: 4931
Loc: New Jersey, USA
Quote:
Numark and Alesis

Congrats on the gig Rob. If you'll be at the NAMM show this January, let me know so I can say hello. I know Numark and Alesis always have a booth there as well as any other company remotely related to music retail. I'll be there as an exhibitor for the 5th year in a row.
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#234770 - 30/10/2004 00:48 Re: Moving on.. [Re: robricc]
mlord
carpal tunnel

Registered: 29/08/2000
Posts: 14483
Loc: Canada
Hey! Can we all like get together and drink away the winter blahs?!

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#234771 - 30/10/2004 01:05 Re: Moving on.. [Re: rob]
jimhogan
carpal tunnel

Registered: 06/10/1999
Posts: 2591
Loc: Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Quote:
Leader of Engineering

Rob, that sounds completely bitchin'. Great. I get to say "I met that bloke once."

So, I don't have any musical bones in my body, but I think I could really use some of those blinken lights around the house to attract women. Do we here on the BBS qualify for a discount?
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#234772 - 30/10/2004 08:51 Re: Moving on.. [Re: robricc]
rob
carpal tunnel

Registered: 21/05/1999
Posts: 5335
Loc: Cambridge UK
Quote:
[If you'll be at the NAMM show this January, let me know so I can say hello.


Should definitely be there (probably also CES as Numark does a bit of consumer stuff with its Ion brand).

Rob

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#234773 - 30/10/2004 08:53 Re: Moving on.. [Re: jimhogan]
rob
carpal tunnel

Registered: 21/05/1999
Posts: 5335
Loc: Cambridge UK
Quote:
I think I could really use some of those blinken lights around the house to attract women. Do we here on the BBS qualify for a discount?


I'll see what I can do - maybe we need a product specifically for that purpose!

Rob

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#234774 - 30/10/2004 15:19 Re: Moving on.. [Re: jimhogan]
FireFox31
pooh-bah

Registered: 19/09/2002
Posts: 2494
Loc: East Coast, USA
Quote:
some of those blinken lights around the house to attract women.

I can't resist posting this as a solution.

Rob, congratulations on your awesome new job. I bet all the pro audio users out there will thank you for whatever cool stuff you cook up.
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